Hi Nancy- I would use a separated bar graph. Items on a Likert scale are rarely (if ever) on a true equal interval continuum. The bar graph will make it clear that these were discrete responses.
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: drnanjo <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:46 am Subject: [tips] Likert scale graph/chart results presentation To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > > Hey gang: > > I am teaching an upper division research methods class for the > first time in my life. > > As such, I want to be scrupulous about the guidance I give > > If one wishes to present likert scale results in pictorial form, > would one do a histogram (continuous, with bars touching) or a > bar graph (each point on the Likert scale represented by a bar? > > I am asking because the rules seem to be lose sometimes - for > example, income is technically quantitative and ratio type data but > some researchers divide income into "classes" and make a bar > graph instead of a histogram or line graph. > > Thanks in advance for sharing the collective wisdom. > > Nancy Melucci > (in this case) > California State University in the Hills of Dominguez. > > > ----- > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=17270or > send a blank email to > leave-17270-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=17272 or send a blank email to leave-17272-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
